[mythtv-users] Mythweb behind a firewall -- Why isnt it working? (port 80 is forwarded)

[Robert]

I am using adelphia as well, so I am almost certain this is your
problem.

-Robert

On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 01:52:52PM -0400, John Klimek <jmk396 at psu.edu> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:52:52 -0400 (EDT)
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
> Subject: RE: [mythtv-users]  Mythweb behind a firewall -- Why isnt it
> 	working?
> 	(port 80 is forwarded)
> From: "John Klimek" <jmk396 at psu.edu>
> X-Mailer: Penn State WebMail
> Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users at snowman.net>
> 
> 
> Thanks for the advice.  I'll try using port 8080.
> 
> I'm using Adelphia cable service and I have never had a problem in the past.  If
> I remember correctly, about a year ago I was able to setup Apache on RedHat
> (using port 80) and it worked fine... which makes me think I'm having a
> Mandrake problem.
> 
> However I'll try port 8080 and see what happens.
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 13:26:00, "Perry, Aaron" wrote:
> 
> > And in case 8080 doesn't work, you should be able to locate Apache's
> > httpd.conf file and change the listen port to almost anything you want.
> > Just make sure that your port forwarding remains consistent, and that
> > you add the port number to the URL (as already mentioned) every time you
> > want to visit the site.  Also, since it seems that you're setting this
> > up for the first time, you might want to do a search in the forum for
> > "mythweb security".  With no modifications you might find that
> > everything works great, but it's very insecure (someone could make your
> > MythTV record Guiding Light for instance).
> > 
> > Aaron
> > 
> > ---------Original Message-----
> > ----From: Christopher Maahs [mailto:cmaahs at eatenbygrue.com]
> > ----Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 1:16 PM
> > ----To: Discussion about mythtv
> > ----Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythweb behind a firewall -- Why isnt it
> > ----working? (port 80 is forwarded)
> > ----
> > ----On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, John Klimek wrote:
> > ----
> > ----{clippity}
> > ----> I am forwarding port 80 to my local address 192.168.1.3 (the
> > mandrake
> > ----box).
> > ---->
> > ----{clip, clip}
> > ----> Do I need to forward any other ports besides 80?
> > ---->
> > ----> Do I need to configure apache in some special way?
> > ----
> > ----What you need to do is watch for traffic coming into port 80 on your
> > ----firewall.  My bet would be that your ISP has graciously blocked port
> > 80
> > ----from even getting to you.  For your own protection of course. /rude
> > ISP
> > ----
> > ----If you can, configure your firewall to forward say port 8080 to
> > internal
> > ----port 80.
> > ----
> > ----Then access: http://your.external-ip.address:8080/mythweb/main.php
> > ----
> > ----Hopefully they haven't blocked port 8080 as well.
> > ----
> > ----Good luck,
> > ----
> > ----~cj
> > ----
> > 
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